Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection during pregnancy in C57/BL6 mice causes fetal damage.

• Main Authors: Rui Chen (Author), Zeng-Qiang Kou (Author), Xiao-Rui Wang (Author), Shu-Han Li (Author), Hai-Lu Zhang (Author), Zi-Wei Liu (Author), Dong Cheng (Author), Zhi-Yu Wang (Author), Xue-Jie Yu (Author), Hong-Ling Wen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a novel tick-borne phlebovirus, which is listed in the most dangerous pathogens by the World Health Organization, and has 12-30% fatality rates. SFTSV antibodies were reported in minks that experienced aborti...